By Rak Stepan. Czech title: Minutova sola (drobne skladby pro za inajici kytaristy). Published by Praha (Czech import).

Guitar - Intermediate

SKU: OT.26114

Composed by Ariel Lazarus. A short suite for classical guitar based on themes from the Spanish and Portuguese tradition. Classical. Score. OR-TAV Music Publications #26114. Published by OR-TAV Music Publications (OT.26114).

ISBN 9789655051049. 8.27 x 11.69 inches.

Ariel Lazarus
Guitarra Liturgia
Two pieces based on music from the Spanish and Portuguese tradition.
Contents:
Jerusalem de Sefarad - Suite for Guitar
Contrapunto Sefardi
The composer writes:
For many years I wanted to compose a piece for guitar which would inspire interested students to expand their repertoire in the direction of Jewish music. The most natural thing for me was to write a suite based on themes from the synagogue in which I grew up – the Spanish and Portuguese synagogue of Gibraltar. My beloved grandfather served all his life as hazzan (cantor) of this synagogue, and I always felt as a composer and educator that I had a special obligation to continue his tradition and pass it on to a new generation. In this composition, I let the guitar echo the piyyutim (semi-liturgical poems) that were part of my childhood: Adon Olam, Sh'charchoret, Achot K'tana, Yigdal, Borei ad Ana, all of which are sung in the Spanish and Portuguese tradition from Gibraltar to London, and from New York to Jerusalem. I let myself dream the piyyutim, take them apart and reconstruct them as a short suite for guitar, the results of which you are invited to hear here. As a conceptual idea for the suite, I choose to suggest about the cultural continuation between the Diaspora and the land of Israel by way of referencing the well-known melody of Naomi Shemer, which is also popular among the hazzanim.
Dr. Ariel Lazarus is a unique voice among Israeli composer-performers today. Brought up in a family with Jewish musical roots both in Gibraltar and Westphalia, he began composing and playing the guitar in his teens, and has been committed to developing his own compositional language ever since, always maintaining an open dialogue with his traditions.
Lazarus received his BMus and MMus degrees from Oklahoma City University in classical guitar performance and composition where he studied with American composer Dr. Edward Knight. He earned his PhD from Bar Ilan University, studying composition with Prof. Betty Olivero and Prof. Gideon Lewensohn and conducting research under the supervision of Prof. Edwin Seroussi from the Hebrew University. His symphonic works have been premiered by the Raanana Symphonette Orchestra, and his chamber works have been performed by various ensembles in the United States, Central Europe, Portugal, Gibraltar, Scandinavia and Israel. Lazarus performs regularly as Art Ambassador on behalf of the Israeli Ministry of Diaspora affairs Amiel BaKehila program.
His solo album A Hebrew Capriccio was released by the German boutique label SmoothFactor and was awarded critical acclaim, among others, in Haaretz, and Neue Westfalishe.
Dr. Lazarus is the musical director and co-founder of the Israeli Ladino Orchestra. His work with the orchestra has been recognized by the official Carta de España. He teaches at the Academic College for Education Givat Washington, and the Rimon School of Music. Lazarus’s work has been awarded by the Israeli Pais Art council and ACUM.

Guitar Technique. By William Leavitt. Guitar Solo. Size 9x12 inches. 64 pages. Published by Berklee Press Publications.

Guitar solo - Intermediate

SKU: DZ.DZ-4261

Composed by José Mora-Jiménez. Score. Les Productions d'OZ #DZ 4261. Published by Les Productions d'OZ (DZ.DZ-4261).

ISBN 9782898521782.

Après avoir été quelque temps éloigné de la composition classique, j'ai décidé de me lancer un défi et d'écrire un court morceau de guitare par jour. Je l'ai fait pendant un mois et j'ai fini avec une vingtaine de Sketches. L'idée de départ était de réaliser des pièces courtes pour les enfants.
Certaines se sont révélées trop difficiles pour les étudiants et pourraient donc devenir des pièces plus longues à l'avenir. Dâ??autres, je nâ??ai tout simplement pas beaucoup aimé. Au final, j'ai sélectionné les 10 Sketches qui m'ont le plus plu.
Ces 10 morceaux sont destinés à des joueurs de niveau intermédiaire et chacun d'entre eux se concentre sur un aspect technique ou musical.

After being some time away from classical composition I decided to challenge myself and write one short guitar piece daily. I did it for a month and ended up with around 20 Sketches. The original idea was to make short pieces for children.
Some turned out to be too difficult for students, so they might become longer pieces in the future. Some others I just didn't like that much. In the end I selected the 10 Sketches that I liked the most.

These 10 pieces are intended for intermediate level players and each of them focuses on a technical or musical aspect.

Guitar solo

SKU: GH.CG-5914

21 short studies for beginners. Composed by Josef Holecek. Sei corde 1. Educational. Gehrmans Musikforlag #CG 5914. Published by Gehrmans Musikforlag (GH.CG-5914).

The Sei-Corde series for guitar contains editions of great variety, all composed or edited by Josef Honeck. Mini Studies are easy and short etudes for the level above beginner's. Each of the 21 exercises starts with a finger exercise, all with a musical intention.

Guitar

SKU: SP.TS71612

Composed by Tony Santorella. Instructional; Method. Book and CD. Santorella Publications #TS71612. Published by Santorella Publications (SP.TS71612).

ISBN 9781585606924. UPC: 728941716124.

Teach Yourself Guitar published by Santorella Publications is the first in a series including CD that was initially created as an impulse product for a typical independent Guitar & Amp shop. In a market flooded with similar products, we swiftly learned that our edition was more than just a quick fix for the beginner. Although titled, Teach Yourself Guitar, it contains much more than basic instruction. Accordingly, Teach Yourself Guitar has become the standard for countless educators as a private lesson study guide.

There are numerous products on the market that falsely proclaim incomprehensible results in just minutes. Unfortunately, none of these products cultivate permanent advancement. Becoming a better musician is only possible through hard work, discipline and dedication.

Our challenge was to create an approach to guitar that was easy to understand and followed a logical step by step progression. To truly master the guitar, one must have their eyes set on short-term goals in order to achieve long-term results. We are proud to say that we have met this challenge by providing a proven curriculum to learning the many facets of playing the guitar in this one of a kind guide.

Topics covered include:

• Types of Guitars
• Tuning the Guitar
• Holding the Guitar
• Musical Notation
• Timing and Note Values
• The First String-E
• The Second String-B
• The Third String-C
• Playing Chords
• It's Time To Rest
• Notes on the Fourth String-D
• Notes on the Fifth String-A
• High A
• Notes on the Sixth String-E
• Bass Chord Accompaniments
• The F Chord Using Three Strings
• Accidentals
• Ascending Scales
• Descending Scales
• Enharmonic Notation
• Arpeggios
• Transposition
• Major Scale and Key Signatures
• Important Tablature Symbols

Guitar

SKU: UT.CH-321

Composed by Chiara Benati. Edited by Piero Bonaguri. Saddle stitching. Piero Bonaguri Collection. Classical. Ut Orpheus #CH 321. Published by Ut Orpheus (UT.CH-321).

ISBN 9790215326293. 9 x 12 inches.

Dediche is a series of short miniature pieces for solo guitar written in 1991 by Chiara Benati, an authoritative exponent of what can be called the School of Bologna, and who has devoted many pages of her catalogue to the guitar (Chiara won a first prize in 1986 at the Competition for Guitar Composition organized by the historic magazine Il Fronimo).
From the point of view of the guitar idiom, it is striking how the compositional research of Chiara Benati (who does not play the guitar) has penetrated deeply into the nature of the instrument. In my job of adding the fingering to the pieces, I started from the precise indications concerning the strings already provided by the Composer, who meticulously imagined the instrumental result created by the play of resonances and the consequent precise distribution of the parts on different strings (let us think of the tremolos superimposed on different strings in the second Dedica and the counterpoint in three parts each written on its own musical stave), with a skilful use of glissandos and other instrumental effects.
From the musical point of view, a similar meticulousness in writing is evident, shown, for example, by indicating the temporal separation between the figures by means of their spatial distance indicated in the score.
The result is an instrumentally and musically rigorous writing which also helps the performer by appealing to his ability to empathize, following the indications written in the score and in the key, with the expressive atmosphere of the work, and through that specific aspect of controlled performance flexibility and sound sensitivity necessary to render it properly.
These delicate miniatures, suffused with mystery and melancholy, and so masterfully written for the guitar, are in my opinion an important addition to the contemporary repertoire of the instrument.
(Piero Bonaguri).

Guitar

SKU: SU.80111304

For Guitar. Composed by Meyer Kupferman. Guitar, Solo Guitar. Score. Subito Music Corporation #80111304. Published by Subito Music Corporation (SU.80111304).

Guitar Composed: 1982 Published by: Soundspells Productions Soundspells #8 (1982) consists of four short movements for solo guitar.

Guitar Solo

SKU: IS.G6129EM

Composed by Matteo Carcassi. Plucked - Guitar. Metropolis Music Publishers #G6129EM. Published by Metropolis Music Publishers (IS.G6129EM).

ISBN 9790365061297.

Carcassi was born in Florence, Italy, and first studied the piano, but learned guitar when still a child. He quickly gained a reputation as a virtuoso concert guitarist. He moved to Germany in 1810, gaining almost immediate success. In 1815, he was living in Paris, earning his living as a teacher of both the piano and the guitar. On a concert tour in Germany in 1819, he met his friend Antoine Meissonnier for the first time. Also a famous guitarist, Meissonnier published many of Carcassi's works in his Paris publishing house. For Meissonnier he also arranged a number of popular songs for guitar that were originally written for piano, including works by Théodore Labarre and Loïsa Puget. From 1820 on, Carcassi spent the majority of his time in Paris. In 1823, he performed an extremely successful series of concerts in London that earned him great fame, both as a performing artist and as a teacher. However, in Paris, a long time passed before his talents were truly recognized, partly because of the presence of Ferdinando Carulli. Carcassi was in Germany again during autumn 1824. Afterwards he performed in London, where his reputation now gave him access to more prestigious concert halls. Finally he returned to Paris. For several years, he made concert trips from here to the most important cultural towns of Europe, including London. After a short return to performing in 1836, he quit his concert practice around 1840 and died in Paris in 1853. His most famous works are collected in his 25 Etudes op. 60. In these, he managed to blend technical skills and brilliant romantic music. This is the reason his music is still played by so many classical guitarists today.

(You Can Play the Guitar Now! Acoustic Guitar Vol. 1). Taught by Rogelio Maya. For Guitar (All). method. Acoustic Music. Level: Beginning. DVD. Size 5.38x7.50. 60 pages. Published by Mayas Music.

A Step-by-Step Beginner's Guide for Acoustic or Electric Guitar. Guitar Educational. Softcover Video Online. 64 pages. Published by Hal Leonard (HL.154902).

(Light Classics Arrangements for Guitar). Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770- 1827). For Guitar. Book; Classical Guitar Folio; Masterworks. Light Classics. Form: Transcription. Acoustic; Classical; Masterwork; Masterwork Arrangement; Romantic. 32 pages. Published by Alfred Music